1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1f835a83cb2c..53df2839bb93 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ __update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 void
 update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 {
-        struct ring_buffer *buf = tr->buffer;
+        struct ring_buffer *buf;
 
         if (trace_stop_count)
                 return;
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 
         arch_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
 
+        buf = tr->buffer;
         tr->buffer = max_tr.buffer;
         max_tr.buffer = buf;